Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3975, Lazarus Flora, N C

SERVICE
NUMBER
NC
Flora, Lazarus
W. 3973-
Flory
Winnifred
CONTENTS

2926 North Carolina Winifred Horn widow of Lazarus Horn A.C. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Jan y 1849. and sent to
M rs D. P. Horn Edgecomb. N.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 209 Vol. 1.
Reported Jan y 11/49

State of North Carolina Edgecombe County } ss
Personally appeared before me John F. Spright, one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the said County of Edgecombe. Winnefred Flora, widow of Lazarus Flora deceased, and after being duly sworn saith as she has before said that she and Lazarus Flora were married, some time in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty four, that the marriage took place in the County of Surry, N.C. That her husband made a will, and left the lands that he got for his services in the Revolutionary war to this son Jesse Flora which lands were in the State of Tennessee commonly called at that day Cumberland, - That some time after the death of her father Lazarus Flora went and sold said lands, and some ten or twelve years ago the said Jesse died. There is no family bible, nor any record of their children's ages, nor any record that she can get or believe that can be gotten whereby to establish the date of their marriage.
Nov. 26 th 1845 Winnefred W Flora mark
John F. Spright J.P.

State of North Carolina Edgecombe County } 55
Personally appeared before me Lunsford R Cherry one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County. Meekly Williford Esq. & after being duly sworn he says that he is fifty eight years old, that he was well acquainted with Lazarus Flora and Winnefred Flora his wife that he was frequently at their house during the lifetime of the said Lazarus Flora, that they had seven living children when Lazarus Flora died. From the side of their oldest son Jesse and from what he understood among the family there was but little difference in his age and their son Jesse. - It was said and so understood in the neighbourhood that the said Lazarus Flora gave in his will his county lands that he got for his services as a soldier in the revolutionary war to his son Jesse which was in Tennessee, generally called at that day Cumberland. - Afterward, the said Jesse went there and sold the said lands. - He says that his father John Williford was left as one of the executors of Lazarus Flora, but he never qualified as such. - November 27 th 1845
M c Williford
Lunsford Lunsford R Cherry W.P.

I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mundy Williford Esq. that he is a highly respectable Citizen of the County of Edgecombe given under my hand the 27 th day of November 1845-
Sumford R. Cherry W.P.
State of North Carolina Edgecombe County
I, John Norfleet Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County, do hereby certify that John V. Spight and Sumford R. Cherry whose genuine signatures are subscribed to the foregoing affidavits, and before whom the affidavits purport to have been made, (to wit, the affidavit of Winifred Stone before the said John V. Spight - and that of Mundy Williford before the said Sumford R. Cherry) were lawful acting Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due all their official acts.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Tarboro, this the 5 th day of December A.D. 1845
J. Norfleet Clerk

no 8426.
Winifred Flora of Lázarus North Carolina

State of North Carolina
On this the 12 th day of September 1842, personally appeared before me William H. Battle one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Law & Equity for the State aforesaid Winifred Alston a resident of the County of Edgecombe aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law, I doth on the oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress, passed July 9 th 1838 entitled "An act granting Half Pay & Pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Lazarus Alston who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That the said Lazarus entered the service as appears by the annexed certificate of William Hill Secretary of State of North Carolina on the 4 th day of September 1777 & continued therein for the space of three years. That he resided in Cumberland County North Carolina at the time he entered the service & was a volunteer. That she has often heard the said Lazarus speak of battles in which he was engaged & of the country through which he marched but she does not now recollect the names of the places. She further declares that she was

married to the said Lazarus Flora sometime in the month of October 1834  1835  1836  1837  1838  1839  1840  1841  1842  1843  1844  1845  1846  1847  1848  1849  1850  1851  1852  1853  1854  1855  1856  1857  1858  1859  1860  1861  1862  1863  1864  1865  1866  1867  1868  1869  1870  1871  1872  1873  1874  1875  1876  1877  1878  1879  1880  1881  1882  1883  1884  1885  1886  1887  1888  1889  1890  1891  1892  1893  1894  1895  1896  1897  1898  1899  1900  1901  1902  1903  1904  1905  1906  1907  1908  1909  1910  1911  1912  1913  1914  1915  1916  1917  1918  1919  1920  1921  1922  1923  1924  1925  1926  1927  1928  1929  1930  1931  1932  1933  1934  1935  1936  1937  1938  1939  1940  1941  1942  1943  1944  1945  1946  1947  1948  1949  1950  1951  record evidence of any kind of the said marriage & no person now living within her knowledge by which or whom the same can be established - & that the marriage took place in Carroll County at the father's house. The ceremonies being performed by one Rev. Sammons who was a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace - And that she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Lazarus Flora -</p>
</div>
<div data-bbox="73 485 947 545" data-label="Text">
<p>Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me<br>
  Will. A. Battle D.C.L. &c. Winifred Flora<br>
  mark</p>
</div>
<div data-bbox="73 545 480 630" data-label="Text">
<p>Sworn to & acknowledged before me<br>
  in open Court, this 25 th day of<br>
  November A.D. 1845<br>
  J. Norfleet Clerk</p>
</div>
<div data-bbox="73 650 947 710" data-label="Text">
<p>State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions<br>
  Edgecombe County } November term 1845</p>
</div>
<div data-bbox="73 710 947 815" data-label="Text">
<p>Personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of record) Winifred Flora, who being duly sworn saith that the facts set forth and described in the annexed foregoing declaration are true, - and she doth acknowledge that she signed the said declaration.</p>
</div>
<div data-bbox="73 815 947 875" data-label="Text">
<p>William A. Norfleet Clerk of said Court, and under seal of office, at Tarboro, this the 5 th day of December A.D. 1845</p>
</div>
<div data-bbox="580 850 947 915" data-label="Text">
<p>J. Norfleet Clerk</p>
</div>
That there is no record evidence of any kind of the said marriage & no person now living within her knowledge by which or whom the same can be established - & that the marriage took place in Carroll County at the father's house. The ceremonies being performed by one Rev. Sammons who was a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace - And that she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Lazarus Flora -
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me Will. A. Battle D.C.L. &c. Winifred Flora mark
Sworn to & acknowledged before me in open Court, this 25 th day of November A.D. 1845 J. Norfleet Clerk
State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Edgecombe County } November term 1845
Personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of record) Winifred Flora, who being duly sworn saith that the facts set forth and described in the annexed foregoing declaration are true, - and she doth acknowledge that she signed the said declaration.
William A. Norfleet Clerk of said Court, and under seal of office, at Tarboro, this the 5 th day of December A.D. 1845
J. Norfleet Clerk

State of North Carolina
On this the 12 th day of September 1842 personally appeared before me some person one of the judges of the Superior Courts of Law & Equity for the State aforesaid. Micajah Patridge an aged & respectable citizen of the County of Edgecombe who being duly sworn according to law deposed & saith that he became acquainted with Lazarus Tison & Winifred Tison his wife whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration some time in the year nineteen hundred & twenty five or nineteen hundred & twenty six some two or three years after they settled in Edgecombe County. That they were then living together as man & wife & continued to do so until the death of the said Lazarus which took place in the year nineteen hundred & twenty seven. That several children were born unto them & that no question was ever raised in regard to the legality of their marriage: That the said Lazarus maintained the character of a good & virtuous citizen & that the said Winifred has remained a widow since the death of the said Lazarus.
Given & subscribed on the day & year above written before me.
Will. H. Little S.C.L.E.
Micajah Patridge

Copy of the last will & Testament of Suzanne Florio
Mary Salisbury Suzanne Florio died in 1999 leaving 7 children

In the name of God - Thomas Thomas Flory, of the County of Edgecombe and State of North Carolina being well and weak in body but of a sound mind & memory thanks be to God for the same, and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament and dispose of my estate in the following manner or form (viz.)
First, I do, I give & I give to my loving wife Winney Flory one mare known by the piggins and the Colts and two sets of piggins and one living wheel & one blooding wheel to her & her heirs forever - Then I do give to my son John Flory all my right of land in the State of Cumberland to him & his heirs forever - Then I do give and bequeath to my son William Flory one hundred acres of land lying in the Hobbs branch adjoining Benjamin Hookfield to him and his heirs forever.
Lastly - I do lend to my loving wife loving wife Winney Flory during her natural life or widowhood or until the youngest come to the age of twenty one years, and then the whole of my estate that I have lent to to my wife to be equally divided between my four children by my executors hereafter to be mentioned mentioned, except the residue of my land and and that is to be divided between my five youngest children (to wit, Richard Flory, Abraham Flory, & Benjamin Flory & Mary Flory & Erick Flory to them and their heirs forever).
And lastly, I do appoint my trusty friend my Executors to see that this my last Will be fulfilled and done, and to see out of my estate that my just debts be paid - William Ellis, Jacob Powell & John Wileyford & James Bane -
In Witness Whereof Thomas Flory
John Wileyford Thomas Wileyford
Edgecombe County N. C. May Court 1799. The within last will of Thomas Flory was read in open Court, by the oaths of

Thomas Wilkiford one of the subscribing witnesses, thinks, who also knows that the said John Wilkiford subscribed to the said Will as a witness - Ordered that the same be Certified & the Will Recorded
Test. Edward Hall Clerk
A true Copy Test. J. M. Norfleet Clerk
Copy of the last Will & Testament of Lazanus Flora
Marriage Satisfactory Lazanus Flora died in 1795 leaving 7 children
State of North Carolina } John Norfleet Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Edgecombe County } Sessions for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct Copy of the last Will & Testament of Lazanus Flora, and of the probate to said Will, agreeably to the laws in my office - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of office at Farmville, this the 20th day of September A.D. 1842 J. M. Norfleet Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3975 Winnifred Flora Wid. Lazarus Flora Pitt. Rev. Wm
Act: Feby. 2 nd / 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 242
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9869
Ref. 2
North Carolina
Winifred Flora
Widow of Lazarus Flora who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the year 1789 of Edgcomb Co. in the State of N. Carolina who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain of the regt. commanded by in the N. Carolina line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Feb. 1846, and sent to Nathan Leake. Present
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 289.

7561,
Rep?
North Carolina
Winnifred Flora widow of Lazarus Flora who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Feb. 1846 and sent to Nathan Leake Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
8 June 17. 1844
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 154.

Winifred Flood of Lanyons North Carolina
Suspended
See let. 26 Sep. 42 W. Norfleet.
Act 7 July 1838,

No 8426
Mississippi Flora manus of Laramy
NC 8444 449
act 7 July 1838
Adm. Royen per $80 00 per ann
Adm acts 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $80 00 per ann
E
Nathan Scoble
Present

11
Micajah Petway Esq. Tarborough N.C.

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the Musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Lazarus Flora a private in Capt. Jarvis's Company of the 10 th Regiment entered the service on the 4 th day of Sept r 1777. The length of time for which he enlisted, or when discharged is not mentioned on the rolls. I do further certify, that it appears from the warrant-book, that a warrant was issued on the 21 st day of May 1784, for his services as a private soldier in said war for 274 Acres of land, the quantity of land allowed by law to a soldier for three years services - which Warrant is N o 988, drawn by Capt. Ferebee.
Given under my hand this 5 th day of May 1840.
W. Hill

Raleigh 5 th May 1840.
Micajah Pitway Esq re
Dear Sir
I send you on the other half of this sheet, such certificate as I am enabled to make from the books in the Secretary's Office. My fee is about 40 Cents. Your letter of the 29 th Ultimo was not received until this morning.
Very Respectfully
Your At t Serv t
W m Hill

8426 Winifred Flora of Laramie. North Carolina
Maria before 1794 husband died 1799

State of North Carolina } This day Come before me Edge Comb County } M c G Williams one of the Justices in and for said County.
Burrill Barnes and States on Oath that One Lazarith Flora Settled in this County near his father's to the Best of his recollection in the date 1791 or 92 & had with him a Wife as he took her to be, by the name of Allineford with some one or two children & had Several after words & Lived together near his father's as man and Wife until the death of said Flora. Sworn to before me the 9 th of Sept 1842
M c G Williams
And this is to Certify that M c Burrill Barnes is of good carriage & a man of fruits. But of Bodily infirmity so he is unable to Travel from his house to Tarko - to my knowledge Without great injury to himself.
M c G Williams
State of North Carolina } Edgecomb County }
I John Norfleet Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County, do hereby Certify that

John G Williams is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of office at Dartmouth, this the 20th day of September A.D. 1842
J. Norfleet (clerk) 3
8426 Rev. Michael O'Leary of Lagan North Carolina
Memo before 1794 Masters and 1799

Mc ad 7561 Colo Mo
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of pensions Washington City D. C.

State of North Carolina Edgecombe County } ss
On this 19 th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before me Robt Bynum one of the acting Justices of said County, Winnifred Flora a resident of Edgecombe County North Carolina aged of Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2nd February, 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war: that she is the widow of Lazarus Flora who was a private soldier in Captain Jarvis's Company of the tenth Regiment, of the North Carolina Continental line, that he entered the service on the fourth day of September 1777. That she was a pensioner and received under the Act of 17 th June 1844 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me -
Robt Bynum J.P.
Winnifred + Flora her mark
State of North Carolina Edgecombe County } ss
I John Mathis Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of said County, do hereby certify that Robt Bynum Esq. whose genuine signature is subscribed to the annexed foregoing affidavit of Winnifred Flora - is a lawful acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Tarboro this 21 st day of August A.D. 1848 John Mathis Clerk

Edgewood County N o . Aug 26 th 1848 J. L. Edwards Esq n Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Dear Sir,
I herewith send you the declaration of Winifred Flora of this County, (who was an original prisoner) to obtain another Certificate of pension re - when made out you will please forward the same to me at Jaysbury Depot Edgewood County N o for her
Your most Obedient
M c D. Cletroy

ms ms
ms
Sept 24 1842
ms 8426
ms July 7 1838
Minister Fleet
Will
J. Edwards Clegg Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C.
ms 8426 ms 8426 ms 8426 ms 8426 ms 8426

On                      Scarborough Sept 20 th 1842
The enclosed papers contain the application of Mrs Winifred D'Arcy for a pension under the act of 1838.
The only only difficulty in the case is her inability to establish the marriage according to the requirements of the War department as contained in the rules furnished me some time since.
There is no doubt whatever that she is entitled to of the title of her husband proof of their living together as man & wife & of their always being so regarded & the certificate of the recording of state as to her husband's service will not assist to establish the claim that she is without dependents & indeed the whole purpose of the law in reference to widows of Revolutionary soldiers in this state who are illiterate will be frustrated as there no record is kept of marriages.
If there be any thing wanting which can be supplied please to inform me by the earliest opportunity.
Respectfully William Lloyd
J. T. Edmond Esq.

Dec. 15. 1885
Amendice Lee Minneapolis Fla.
Yrs J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Present.

Washington Dec. 13 1844
Sir
Herewith I return the declaration of Mrs Winnepeg Flora widow of Lajous Flora dec. of N.C. duly authenticated, agreeably to your requisitions in her case, with proof of identity, which will I trust be considered perfectly made out & certificate, in her case issue accordingly under acts of 38, 43 & 44.
The case is submitted for your consideration looking for as early action as your convenience will permit.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Nathan Scatke